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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 8934+;;k: ~..t' •.-'~ .. ti ORDINANCE NO . $ 1 J~~/= AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 8410, WHICH AMENDED SEC- TION 2-G, "HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SUBDISTRICT", OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, GENERALLY KNOWN AS ORDINANCE NO. 3011, AS AMENDED, AND CODIFIED AS APPENDIX "A" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; TO PROVIDE FOR NINE PLACES ON THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING FOR STAGGERED TERMS; PROVIDING A LIMIT FOR TERMS OF SERVICE ON THE BOARD; PRO- VIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF OTHER ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDI- NANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE . -° BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 2-G(A) of Ordinance No. 3011, "Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance", Appendix "A" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964), as amended, is hereby amended by changing Sec- tion 2-G(A) thereof to read as follows: "A. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD 1. Creation and Appointment: There is hereby created an Historic and Cultural Advisory Board of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, to be composed of nine (9) members who shall be qualified electors of the City of Fort Worth. It is declared policy that the City Council will consider for appointment to the Historic and Cultural Advisory Board only those persons who have demonstrated their civic interest, general knowledge of the community, independent judg- ment, understanding of historic preservation and planning and availability to prepare for and attend meetings. Whenever feasible, five appoin- tees should be practicing professionals from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture or urban planning. 2. Membership; terms of office: The City Council shall appoint the board, which shall consist of nine (9) members, and who shall serve in places numbered 1 through 9. Members ~, appointed to odd-numbered places shall serve terms which expire October- 1, 1985. Members appointed to even-numbered places shall serve terms which expire October 1, 1984. Thereafter, members shall serve two-year terms. No member shall serve more than three consecutive two-year terms, and the terms of current members of the Board shall be counted toward the limit of terms to be served for purposes of this ordinance. The 4 c G ~ ~ ~1°~ Development Director, the Planning Director and the Building Official shall be ex officio non- voting members of the Board. 3. Organization: The Board shall hold an organizational meeting within 30 days of appointment in November of each year and shall elect chairman and vice- chairman from among its members before proceed- ing to any other matters of business.. The Development Director of the City of Fort Worth, or his designated representative, shall be the secretary of the Board. The Development Director and the Planning Director shall provide techni- cal assistance to the Board. The Board shall meet regularly and shall designate the time and place of its meetings. The Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings in accordance with the state stat- utes and this ordinance and the Charter of the City of Fort Worth. Newly appointed members shall be installed at the first regular meeting after their appointment. 4. Meetings and Quorum: Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business; however, five affirmative votes shall be required to de- cide any issue before the Board. The members of the Board shall regularly attend meetings and public hearings of the Board and. shall serve without compensation, except for .reimbursement for authorized expenses attendant to the perfor- mance of their duties. 5. Review of Historic and Cultural Needs: The Board shall keep itself informed with re- spect to the historic and cultural heritage of the City of Fort Worth as it occurs in the physical environment and shall recommend to the City Plan Commission and Zoning Commission when, in its opinion, conditions indicate a need for changes through the established legislative pro- cedure in accordance with the rules and policies of the City of Fort Worth. 6. Historic and Cultural Permit Committee: The Board shall designate a Permit Committee composed of three appointed Board members, the Building Official and the Planning Director. The Permit Committee shall review all applica- tions for permits to construct, alter, recon- struct, modify, remove or demolish any structure or site for conformance to guidelines and other provisions of this Ordinance a.nd instruct the Building official to grant or deny the applica- tions according to their findings. A u r '' a Instruction to grant an application shall only be made upon affirmative vote of four members of the Committee. The decisions of the Permit Committee shall be the same as if made by the Board. 7. Attendance: Each quarter a report shall be submitted to the City Council showing the cumulative attendance of each Board member. Three consecutive unex- cused absences by a Board member shall result in automatic termination of that person's appoint- ment." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and provi- sion of the Fort Worth City Code in conflict herewith but only insofar as any portion of such prior ordinance or provision shall be in conflict, and as to all other ordinances or provisions of the Fort Worth City Code not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative. SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu- tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 4. This ordinance constitutes a digest and revision of the zoning ordinances of the City of Fort Worth as provided by Section 2, Chapter XXVI, of the Charter of said City, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form as part of the existing zoning ordinance, for general distribution among the public. -3- „~ ,~ ,~ a - y SECTION 5. That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney Date: ~ ~ ~ - p 3 Adopted: 9'07" 0,3 Effective Date: -4- CI7"Y MANACCR•1 ~~~~ ®,~ ~~u ~ \~~~u ~~~ ~~~~~ TRAN,S~ORTATION'PUdUC .WORKS.! LAW-1 DATE I REFERENCE SUBJECT Amendment t0 Ordinance 8410, I PAGE l NUMBER Historic and Cultural Subdistrict 1. 9/27/83 G-5774 ___ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ i or__. ._ Background On March 15, 1983, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 8758, "Rules for Boards and Commissions". That ordinance establishes nine membership places for each City board, unless membership is governed by conflicting State Law, City Charter provision, or Council exception. It also provides for two-year, staggered terms for board members. The Historic and Cultural Advisory Board is currently composed of five members. The attached ordinance provides for nine members, adds the new provision that no member shall serve more than three consecutive terms and maintains the existence of staggered, two-year terms for members of the Historic and Cultural Advisory Board. ~~~,mme It is recommended that the attached ordinance be adopted, amending Ordinance 8410, Historic and Cultural Subdistrict, Historic and Cultural Advisory Board, establishing nine membership places, limiting members' service to three consecutive terms and maintaining the current staggered two-year terms for members. RAM la Attachment APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL SEP 2'7 1983 ~.~r~ ----.~_. city Seczetc _r`_"`""' Ty Ot ih® City of fort ,W;~~ Teltct; SUBMITTED FOR THE i I~~~`l~ CITY MANAGER'S 1vnv ~,K//14/}/`~ CIFFICF BY ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT HEAD Wade Adkins, FOR AD DIiIONAL INFORMATION coNrncr tdade Adkins Ext 7623 DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. ^: APPROVED OTHER (DESCRIBE) X93 PROCESSED BY CITY SECRETARY DATE